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Minister of Transport Khaw Boon Wan announced that the overhaul of North-South East-West lines will only be completed in 2024. He expects improved reliability by 2019 but asked commuters to bear with it as full-day testing on East-West Line commences in December.

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With this extensive testing, and with the line expected to fully open by the end of the year, let's hope this line does not suffer the same amount of breakdown as its predecessors on the other lines.

For a new MRT line, it does not make sense for it to suffer breakdowns so soon after the opening. If it does, then it hints at a poorly planned and built system, and authorities will be hard pressed to explain this off as an old line that needs repairs after years of use. This is a brand new MRT line, breakdowns should not be an issue.

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A driverless car which appears to be under going testing, hit a lorry during it's trial.

The side of the lorry was dented. The right bumper of the driverless car from NuTonomy was damaged. While it remains unknown who is at fault, the damages suggest that the driverless car had cut into the lane that the lorry was in.

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For subsidised patients at the public healthcare institutions, they will pay a subsidised rate of $60 if they have Zika symptoms regardless of where they live, work or study. Patients who need the test but cannot afford it can approach the medical social worker for assistance, such as from Medifund.